[livius]

, but how to promote him up the ladder and burnish our diversity cred while intimidating the suspicious into silence.

Exactly. BTW, does anybody know anything about his promotions? I read that all Army doctors are automatically majors, so that doesn't account for it; had he received other promotions? If so, when? I'm not sure how to look for this info.

[Slings and Arrows]

Doctors enter as O-3’s (Captain in the Army). Since the douchebag was an O-4 (Major) he was promoted once.